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Spring weather, projected crop returns
Tony Nye - OSU Extension
As we get closer to officially celebrating National Ag Day and Week March 23 and March 21-27, respectively I encourage you to thank your fellow Farmer Friends and Families as they prepare for planting season.
Planting season can be a stressful period for several reasons, weather probably being the number one stressor. We don’t always know what Mother Nature has in store for us and the past couple of years have certainly challenged a timely planting season.
According to the National Weather Service, after a dry start to winter, the weather pattern has gotten more active. Even though the La Nina pattern in the Pacific Ocean is weakening, the effect will likely continue through spring. This favors a normal to wetter than normal pattern for Ohio.
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It’s 4-H week and after a year of coronavirus cancellations, the annual endowment dinner in Washington County is back, with a twist.
That dinner will be held as a drive-through and the auction will be held online with pickup during the mobile dinner on April 3 between 4 and 6 p.m. at the junior fair building located in the Washington County Fairgrounds in Marietta.
But what is 4-H?
“It is an organization for youth ages 5 to 19, in Ohio. And the idea is the four ‘H’s’ stand for head, heart, hands and health,” explained Andrea Ralston this week. “Our motto is to make the best better.”
Marilyn Kamm covers Huron and surrounding counties for the program
Marilyn Kamm is the technician who covers Huron and surrounding counties. She has a background of 10 years in banking and 22 in the New London Public Schools as head of the Digital Academy, from which she retired in 2018.
Kamm also has many years of farm experience because she still lives on the large grain farm she and her late husband Lauren ran for 36 years.
She says the analysis program could benefit every farmer, whether working with crops, animals or both, and she is available to meet with anyone interested in this process. She can be reached at kamm.21@osu.edu or 419-681-4982.